To be taught something, to brutally paraphrase Schopenhauer, is like a patch on ones skin, to learn it by your own accord it becomes your own skin, indistinguis

To be taught something, to brutally paraphrase Schopenhauer, is like a patch on ones skin, to learn it by your own accord it becomes your own skin, indistinguishable from other parts of your body. My point is that Europe was religious, but it was taught by great immortal men, that religioun is actually a scam. America or the Middle East has not had such lessons. Hence they remain religious for no one has managed to shake their world view like it was done in Europe.